Tolu’ A. Akinyemi (also known as Tolutoludo & the Lion of Newcastle) is a multiple award-winning Nigerian British writer of twenty-two books in the genres of poetry, short stories, children’s literature, and essays.
In 2020, he won the Best Indie Book Award for his poetry collection, A Booktiful Love. His collection of short stories, Inferno of Silence, won the 2021 IRDA Discovery Award for short stories and Next Generation Indie Book Awards (2021) for Best Cover Design (Fiction).
A former headline act at Great Northern Slam, Crossing The Tyne Festival, Feltonbury Arts and Music Festival, The Havering Literary Festival. He was the guest poet at Havering Libraries Black History Month event in October 2021 and has previously headlined at Woolwich Centre Library National Poetry Day event in October 2018.
His works have been featured on BBC Sounds, Spark Sunderland, Lion and Lilac, and elsewhere.
He is the founder of The Roaring Lion Newcastle, a UK-based book publisher, and sits on the board of many organisations.
Amelia Dymond is a recent graduate from the University of Warwick with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts.
With a longstanding passion for learning and understanding more about global cultures and society through reading, research, film, and travel.
Amelia is interested in a wide range of writing ranging across fictional and non-fictional genres, with a recent delve into translated fiction.
Janoma Omena is a Nigerian creative writer and poet, committed to telling stories of queer Nigerians.
She currently runs two publications, Midnight Musings and AfroQueer. Her works have been featured on Brittle Paper, and twice on WSA-Nigeria’s Anthology; Survival and Invisible Battles.
As a Poet, she has performed at the Huddersfield Literary festival, Verbose Manchester, and Space Poetic.
When she is not daydreaming about stories, she’s wandering the city, pole dancing or watching anime.
Lucy Langdon is an undergraduate student of English Literature with Creative Writing at Newcastle University.
Lucy has always loved reading and writing and she is currently working on a playscript as part of her degree.
Hayley Wong is a marketing professional and a recent graduate!
Her favourite genres to read are contemporary fiction, fantasy, and romance.
Hayley enjoys reading, writing, cooking and watching TV shows.
Jessica Hill is an English Language and Literature student from the North East, currently studying at the University of Leeds!
Jessica is really passionate about publishing and editing.
